Correct me if I’m wrong, but that was the original intent of the JPs. There was a connection to the war effort before superior siege blueprints account bound status was changed to allow to be sold on the TP. Commanders used to run pugs into the JPs in order to get some free siege blueprints to be used for the night.
Aside from that, I consider it extremely important to have something “fun” and seemingly unrelated to the effort of the game mode in a game mode that is 24/7 and 365 days which is why I asked about a hidden cat room. If anything, leaders use “fun” stuff like that (jp, hidden cat room, grub, arboreal spirit, etc.) to keep morale up, which is arguably the most important element to “war effort”.
I am all for them adding fun and different activities into WvW, however, I do not see the logic in making them unrelated to the war effort. It would be like adding a JP to the side of a PvP map, which offered nothing to the actual match. The PvP players wouldn’t touch it and they would get annoyed at the PvE players joining matches just to do the JP. If the activity didn’t effect anyone else’s game in any why, like JP’s do in PvE zones, then I wouldn’t have an issue with it, but when there are limited slots per BL, you need to ensure that every players is contributing in some way.
If the JP’s are a way to get free blueprints then I guess that is ok, but in my opinion it is not much of a contribution when you can get them from the TP/vendors for a small amount of coin. That’s basically comparing a few seconds buying them, then getting back to caping towers etc, vs many minutes trying to complete a JP just for 1-2 blueprints. If you got a lot of supply at the end of the JP instead, for example there could be a special supply depot that allowed players to carry 25 supply each or something, then that would be worth doing and could also improve a world’s chances at capturing a keep.
I understand WvW is much bigger than PvP, and the ‘match’ lasts a lot longer, so I agree there needs to be more variety in the fun stuff. Like I said, I am perfectly ok with JP’s in WvW, so long as it is relevant to the game type. If completing a JP gave you a siege buff, or gave you access to a special supply camp, then I would be ok with that JP being part of the map. So long as it is part of the game type, and not some unrelated activity thrown in just for the sake of it, I would be perfectly happy with it. In fact I would be very happy, because I enjoy JP’s. But I dislike unrelated activities taking players away from the purpose of the game type and using up limited slots that other more dedicated WvW players could have used. If the JP was a useful part of the war effort, then that would be ok.
Simplicity is complex.
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